§11-14C-37. Refusal to allow inspection or taking of fuel sample;
civil penalty.
(a) Any person who refuses to allow an inspection authorized
by section forty-five of this article or to allow the taking of a
fuel sample authorized by said section is subject to a civil
penalty of five thousand dollars for each refusal. If the refusal
is for a sample to be taken from a vehicle, the person operating
the vehicle and the owner of the vehicle are jointly and severally
liable for payment of the civil penalty. If the refusal is for a
sample to be taken from any other storage tank or container, the
owner of the storage tank or container and the owner of the motor
fuel in the storage tank or container, if different from the owner
of the storage tank or container, are jointly and severally liable
for payment of the civil penalty.

(b) Civil penalties prescribed under this section shall be
assessed, collected and paid in the same manner as the motor fuel
tax.